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Sea Service Medals: Military Awards and Decorations of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard by Fred L. Borch and Charles P. McDowell, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., 2009, $34.95. The topic of military decorations and awards can be arcane. To most nonmilitary people, they represent confusing symbols understood only by the insiders of the …
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